Elite Fit Kenny

Elite Fit Kenny Metabolic Researcher (Stanford Nutritionist), Master Certified Fitness Trainer, Tactical Fitness Specialist, Author.

Hello new friends and long time friends, too! I am very glad you found the Tactical Fitness Wellness and Nutrition page and are taking the time to read the details. That says a lot about you and it lets me know you are the type of person truly committed to improving yourself. Fitness Training and Nutrition are not just my profession - they are a long time and very personal passion for me. Helping people feel as good or better than I do is what gets me going and keeps me motivated and driven. Currently, I offer online training through https://tacticalfwn.com and in person in the Marietta, Woodstock, Acworth, Kennesaw, and Roswell areas of Northwest Georgia at the Crunch Fitness in East Cobb on Sandy Plains at Shallowford. Please take some time and click around here on the page and to visit my blog on the TacticalFWN site at https://tacticalfwn.com/blog/

During the 6 Week Metabolic Reset, the focus is not on "perfect" foods or rigid rules. It is about breaking default patt...
01/14/2026

During the 6 Week Metabolic Reset, the focus is not on "perfect" foods or rigid rules. It is about breaking default patterns that quietly drive metabolism in the wrong direction. Most people do not struggle because of one bad choice. They struggle because the same low-fiber, low-protein, high-refinement habits repeat every day without being questioned. Changing metabolism starts with changing those patterns.

Fiber plays a central role in this reset because it is one of the most consistently missing components of the modern American diet. Fiber slows digestion, improves satiety, supports gut bacteria, and helps regulate post-meal blood glucose and insulin response. Diets built around refined carbohydrates and low-fiber convenience foods remove these signals, making hunger louder and energy regulation harder. Reintroducing fiber through whole foods is not about restriction. It is about restoring a basic metabolic signal your body expects.

The goal of the Reset is to make these shifts feel normal again. Higher-fiber meals, better food structure, and intentional choices are not short-term tricks. They are habits that re-train appetite, energy use, and consistency. When patterns change, metabolism follows.

Hormones matter. They affect hunger, energy, sleep, mood, and where your body prefers to store fat. They can make weight...
01/13/2026

Hormones matter. They affect hunger, energy, sleep, mood, and where your body prefers to store fat. They can make weight loss feel harder at certain times of life or certain times of the month. That part is real, and it is not your fault.

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What hormones do not do is create body fat out of nothing. Fat gain requires extra energy coming in from food over time. Hormones can push appetite up, slow metabolism a bit, or make cravings louder, but they still work inside basic energy rules.

This is why two things can be true at the same time. Your hormones can make weight loss more difficult, and long-term fat gain still comes from eating more energy than your body uses. One explains the struggle. The other explains the outcome.

A good trainer or coach is not dismissing hormones. They are trying to help you work around them with food choices, structure, protein intake, movement, and sleep. Hormones are part of the story. They are not the whole story.

Imagine you are a fat cell, which hormones decide if you get to eat or not?As a fat cell, you do not decide when you get...
01/11/2026

Imagine you are a fat cell, which hormones decide if you get to eat or not?

As a fat cell, you do not decide when you get fed.

Hormones do.

Insulin tells you to store energy and stop releasing fat.
Epinephrine and norepinephrine tell you to break fat apart and release it.
Glucagon supports fat release when insulin is low.
Cortisol can push storage or release depending on context and duration.
Leptin signals energy sufficiency but only works if the brain listens.

Calories matter.
But hormones decide where those calories go and whether they stay locked away.

If fat loss were just about willpower, hormones would not matter.
They do.

But, in every case, in some form or method, the answer to controlling weight is always a calorie deficit. Whether it's "better eating", more purposeful exercise, surgery, or drugs, the only way and THE way to keep fat stores low is through a calorie deficit.

DETOX!! You can’t detox your way out of chronic inflammation. Inflammation is not a buildup you flush away; it is a biol...
01/07/2026

DETOX!! You can’t detox your way out of chronic inflammation. Inflammation is not a buildup you flush away; it is a biological response driven by repeated signals. If the inputs stay the same - dietary excess, poor sleep, stress, inactivity, metabolic dysfunction - the signal stays on. No grifter's cleanse overrides that.

Protein isn’t a primary energy source; it can be used for energy, but it’s slow and metabolically costly. There are nuan...
01/05/2026

Protein isn’t a primary energy source; it can be used for energy, but it’s slow and metabolically costly. There are nuances to this but MOST people do not understand nutrient metabolism well enough to lead others on it or even make their own best decisions. This is NOT to slam you or anyone else - it's a matter of real education compared to TikTok gymbro grunt talk.

A metabolic plan should fit your physiology, your lifestyle, and your goals. Do you HAVE a metabolic plan?
01/03/2026

A metabolic plan should fit your physiology, your lifestyle, and your goals. Do you HAVE a metabolic plan?

01/01/2026

CICO

Some rivers are smooth and open flowing. They flow 100,000 gallons per minute. Other rivers have rapids (shallows), natural deep valleys (lochs), waterfalls, beaver dams, man-made dams, pollution, etc. They flow 100,000 gallons per minute. The difference is in the journey from point A to point B. It's not how MUCH comes out - it's how FAST it comes out; because it DOES come out.

Have you ever been told to always eat fats with carbs? Do you think that's a real requirement?If you read Break It Down:...
12/31/2025

Have you ever been told to always eat fats with carbs? Do you think that's a real requirement?

If you read Break It Down: Nutrient Metabolism for Gym Goers you would already know how to decide if this is a real thing or not!

"Training that improves aerobic capacity strengthens the ETC and supports every other performance goal." -Break It Down:...
12/30/2025

"Training that improves aerobic capacity strengthens the ETC and supports every other performance goal." -Break It Down: Nutrient Metabolism for Gym Goers, page 129

That means MORE ENERGY. Greater stamina. More power. Easier weight loss.

Lots of worrying about protein - are you getting enough "good" fats?--Break It Down: Nutrient Metabolism for Gym Goers p...
12/30/2025

Lots of worrying about protein - are you getting enough "good" fats?
--Break It Down: Nutrient Metabolism for Gym Goers page 85. (Get the print version for the worksheets!)

This is the book your coach, trainer and doctor need! So, read it first then get them a copy! Seriously, it's an easy re...
12/29/2025

This is the book your coach, trainer and doctor need! So, read it first then get them a copy! Seriously, it's an easy read (only 5 chapters), not a DIET book, not an EXERCISE book, and the information in it is essentially timeless. It will teach you to make your own best decisions to find your own type and level of fitness. Plus, when nutrition comes up you will very likely be the smartest person in the room!
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12/28/2025

"Consistent sleep habits, a supportive environment, and appropriately managed training load work together to promote deeper rest, better recovery, and stable metabolic function."

--Break It Down: Nutrient Metabolism for Gym Goers (page 68)
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